Etymology

haft

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Today it means: The handle of a tool or weapon. Full definition →

Middle English haft ← Old English hæft ← Proto-West Germanic *haftī
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haft · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*haftiją
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*haftī
  3. Old English · inherited fromhæft
  4. Middle English · inherited fromhaft
  5. English todayhaft

From Middle English haft, from Old English hæft, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją.

haft · noun, verb2

See heft (etymology 3).

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